People of color continued to get arrested, charged and convicted in an entirely unfair manner.
No they are not. And this certainly wasn't an unfair arrest. The guy had a valid felony warrant. The only way he was not going to jail was to fight with the police. Which he did.
Many shoots are straight up bad, regardless of how "well-behaved" the subject is.
Vast majority of shoots are good, and the suspects are definitely not "well-behaved". And do you think Blake was "well-behaved"?
Additionally, many of these cops are dealing with mental health issues for which they're not trained or effective in mitigating.
True. Not applicable here, but true.
What is a mere arrest to white people (although in many cases white people wouldn't even be arrested in the first place) is a major life hardship for many people pf color.
Major league bullshit!
A record, strangled by court fees and fines,
White people get a criminal record upon conviction, and have to pay court fees and fines. Do you think black people should be exempt from consequences of their actions just because they are black? It seems that that's what you are saying here.
an inability to pay cash bail (which should also be abolished)
That too applies to white people as well. And i acknowledge bail should be reformed (not abolished!) but some reform attempts have gone way too far.
New bail reform: Repeat offender arrested 3 times in 2 weeks
SI Live said:
A recidivist offender who was arrested three times in less than two weeks, for allegedly stealing a credit card he used for a shopping spree, evading police during a high-speed chase and smashing an MTA bus window, was released without bail on two of the three occasions after criminal justice reforms went into effect on Jan. 1.
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He was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and two counts of petit larceny and fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property.
A District Attorney spokesman said bail would have been requested if the new bail reform laws did not go into effect at the start of the new year.
Just over a week later, authorities allege that Aduba swiped a white BMW 650i, which he used to recklessly speed down a one-way residential street in Grymes Hill on Jan. 7.
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For his alleged high-speed-evasion, Aduba faces a litany of charges including second-degree criminal mischief, third-degree criminal possession of stolen property and second-degree reckless endangerment, among others.
The district attorney’s spokesman said that prior to the adoption of the bail reform laws, Aduba would have been eligible for bail after his arrest, and that it would have been requested by the District Attorney’s office.
However, Aduba was let free without bail and was arrested only three days later when he allegedly smashed the window of an MTA bus with a rebar, a steel construction bar, just after midnight on Jan. 10 at the corner of Richmond Terrace and Harbor Road.
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For the most recent incident, Aduba faces multiple counts of criminal mischief, criminal trespassing and trespassing, along with one count of obstructing governmental administration for fleeing.
Lawyers listed on public records as representing Aduba for the various crimes did not respond to a request for comment Monday night.
Aduba was issued $5,000 bail, cash or bond, according to court records, and is due back in Richmond County criminal court on Jan. 16.
No-bail release makes sense for low-level offenses and first offenders, but what NY did makes a mockery of the criminal justice system. It took three separate arrests to finally be able to hold Aduba, and even then the bail is laughably low compared to the crimes (it would only take $500 paid to a bail bondsman to get free).
Many aren't even committing crimes, and are practicing behavior that would involve a chuckle and a warning if these people were white.
Sure Jan!
In this example, breaking up a fight between two women. To most of these cops it's about being subject to their authority, and the smallest bit of resistance easily escalates the situation because these cops have WAY too much EGO. There's a reason so many cops end up as perpetrators of domestic violence themselves.
Are you even paying attention to the facts of the case? He was not being arrested for breaking up any fights. First of all, that is probably not even true. It seems that police were called because he was in a dwelling and was not supposed to be there, according to the 911 call. But he was really arrested because he had warrants, including a felony warrant.
Nevertheless, there were several good options available to those cops at several points throughout that confrontation.
Such as tasers and physical restraint. Both were tried, to no avail. Maybe they should have brought in a K9.
Worked well when he was arrested back in 2015.
Numerous mistakes were made,
Most, if not all, made by Blake himself.
Someone that is supposedly adept at critical thinking should know better than to look at the entirety of this situation throughout our country and toss out such a simple solution at what is clearly a complex problem.
Same could be said to you.
That should be a red flag that there's more to this than "just do what the cop says".
What's wrong with that? Surely better than telling people it's ok to resist arrest because FTP and ACAB ...
It's the equivalent of saying that the cure for child poverty is for people to just not have children before they're financially established and ready to do so.
Another good piece of advice! You are on fire lately.
It's a childishly simple attempt at a solution to a very complex problem,
Actually, some things are simple. If he did not resist arrest, Blake would have been fine now. In jail, awaiting arraignment on felony sexual assault charges, but he'd still have his colon and the use of his legs. And if he'd wrapped his tool, he would not have to pay that much child support either. So sometimes things really are that simple.
